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LOT 1198
Western Asiatic Glass Ribbed Double Unguent with Contents
7TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/8 in. (90 grams, 11.1 cm).
Comprising two conjoined kidney-shaped cells decorated with applied trails, extending to a single short neck with everted rim, discoid foot to the base and an applied handle to the shoulder; containing free flowing liquid and congealed organic substance to both cells.
Provenance
with Christie's, London, Islamic Art, 16 October 2001, no.285.
Private collection, Europe.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12432-226701.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. Carboni, S. & Whitehouse, D., Glass of the Sultans, New York, 2002, item 39, for similar profile, applied trails and mouth.
Footnotes
Many objects of this type were made in Syrian and Mesopotamian workshops and under both Eastern Roman and Sassanid domination. The type was probably already produced in the workshops of the Roman Empire, but it lasted until the early Islamic Period.
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LOT 1198
Western Asiatic Glass Ribbed Double Unguent with Contents
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
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